Meanings
adjectivecancellable (comparative more cancellable, superlative most cancellable)
comparative more cancellable · superlative most cancellable
- Which can be cancelled.
This commitment is not cancellable.
1 more example
Originally a cab signal only, it had been modified to give a gradual brake application, cancellable by the driver.
1957 July 28, T. S. Lascelles, “British Signalling Developments since 1897”, in Railway Magazine, page 466
Origin
- Old Frenchcanceler
- Anglo-Normancanceler
- Middle Englishcancellen
- Englishcancel
- Englishcancellable
Translations
Czech vypověditelný
- vypověditelnýwhich can be cancelled
Dutch annuleerbaar
- annuleerbaarwhich can be cancelled
Finnish peruutettava
- peruutettavawhich can be cancelled
French résiliable
- résiliablewhich can be cancelled
German annullierbar, stornierbar
- annullierbarwhich can be cancelled
- stornierbarwhich can be cancelled
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“cancellable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancellable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cancellable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancellable.
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